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Map of 'Turkey in Asia (Asia Minor) and Transcaucasia by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E....
Catalogue reference: FO 925/2923
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This record is about the Map of 'Turkey in Asia (Asia Minor) and Transcaucasia by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E.... dating from ?1862 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 925/2923
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Date (When the record was created)
- ?1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map of 'Turkey in Asia (Asia Minor) and Transcaucasia by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. [Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]'. The map shows highlands, rivers, towns, and boundaries in Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Mesopotamia, the Levant and the Nile Delta. The map also shows a key to battle sites and railways. Scale bars are in British statute, geographical and Italian and Turkish miles, in Turkish aghájs, and in nautical miles. Longitude taken from Paris. Engraved and printed by W and A K Johnston, Edinburgh. [Published by] William Blackwood and Son, Edinburgh and London. ?1862, Johnston drew maps for A General Atlas of Modern Geography, which was published in that year. Keith Johnston, General Atlas, plate 29. The significance of the manuscript additions has not been established.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 58 cm x 47 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:4007520
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, coloured, with coloured manuscript additions
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkeyeditor Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4476.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819287/
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